Shoal Bay, Northern Territory

Shoal Bay is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.[3]

Shoal Bay
Darwin, Northern Territory
Shoal Bay
Coordinates12°21′57″S 131°03′17″E[1]
Population0 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0830[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location20 km (12 mi) E of Darwin
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality[1]
Territory electorate(s)Nelson[4]
Federal Division(s)Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
32.1 °C
90 °F		 23.2 °C
74 °F		 1,725.1 mm
67.9 in
Suburbs around Shoal Bay:
Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf
Murrumujuk		 Murrumujuk
Micket Creek
Knuckey Lagoon		 Shoal Bay Koolpinyah
Knuckey Lagoon Holtze
Howard Springs		 Koolpinyah
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[7][8]

The locality is named after the nearby bay which was named in 1839 by Commander Wickham and Lieutenant Stokes during HMS Beagle's third survey expedition.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Shoal Bay had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Shoal Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for "Shoal Bay" (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shoal Bay (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Shoal Bay Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. "Division of Nelson". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. "Shoal Bay". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.


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